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Bertrand Russell's America
His Transatlantic Travels and Writings. Volume Two 1945-1970
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Russell
Originally published in 1984, this volume documents Bertrand Russell’s travels in America covering the period 1945-1970. It is presented in two halves with the first a biographical account of Russell’s involvement with the United States, with special reference to the seven visits he made there...
Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge
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Bertrand Russell Memorial Volume
Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
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Bertrand Russell's Construction of the External World
Series: International Library of Philosophy
Published December 1st 2010 by Routledge
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The Russellian Origins of Analytical Philosophy
Bertrand Russell and the Unity of the Proposition
Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy
This monograph reappraises the role of Bertrand Russell's philosophical works in establishing the analytical tradition in philosophy. It's main aims are to: * improve our understanding of the history of analytical philosophy * engage in the important disputes surrounding the interpretation of...
Published March 31st 2010 by Routledge
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Human Society in Ethics and Politics
Series: Routledge Classics
First published in 1954, Human Society in Ethics and Politics is Bertrand Russell’s last full account of his ethical and political positions relating to both politics and religion. Ethics, he argues, are necessary to man because of the conflict between intelligence and impulse – if one were without...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Fact and Fiction
Series: Routledge Classics
First published in 1961, Fact and Fiction is a collection of Bertrand Russell’s essays that reflect on the books and writings that influenced his life, including fiction, essays on politics and education, divertissements and parables. Also broaching on the highly controversial issues of war and...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Authority and the Individual
Series: Routledge Classics
From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority and human freedom. With characteristic clarity and deep understanding, he explores the formation...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare
Series: Routledge Classics
Written at the height of the Cold War in 1959, Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare was published in an effort 'to prevent the catastrophe which would result from a large scale H-bomb war'. Bertrand Russell’s staunch anti-war stance is made very clear in this highly controversial text, which outlines...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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On Education
Series: Routledge Classics
Bertrand Russell is considered to be one of the most significant educational innovators of his time. In this influential and controversial work, Russell calls for an education that would liberate the child from unthinking obedience to parental and religious authority. He argues that if the basis of...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge